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瘦
shòu
1.
thin
2.
to lose weight
3.
(of clothing) tight
4.
(of meat) lean
5.
(of land) unproductive
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
干瘦
gānshòu
wizened
消瘦
xiāoshòu
to waste away
清瘦
qīngshòu
meager
瘦削
shòuxuē
slim
瘦子
shòuzi
thin person
瘦小
shòuxiǎo
slightly-built
瘦弱
shòuruò
thin and weak
瘦肉
shòuròu
lean meat
瘦身
shòushēn
to lose weight
瘦长
shòucháng
slim
癯瘦
qúshòu
thin
精瘦
jīngshòu
(coll.) lean (figure, meat etc)
纤瘦
xiānshòu
slender
周瘦鹃
ZhōuShòujuān
Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the cultural revolution
瘦巴巴
shòubābā
thin
瘦肉精
shòuròujīng
leanness-enhancing agent
嫌肥挑瘦
xiánféitiāoshòu
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
挑肥嫌瘦
tiāoféixiánshòu
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
瘦骨伶仃
shòugǔlíngdīng
emaciated
瘦骨嶙峋
shòugǔlínxún
skinny; emaciated (idiom)
Example Sentences (3)
健康最重要，胖瘦没关系。
Jiànkāng zuì zhòngyào, pàng shòu méi guānxi.
Health is most important; weight doesn't matter.
Text 4
但是你一点儿也没瘦！你做什么运动了？
Dànshì nǐ yìdiǎnr yě méi shòu! Nǐ zuò shénme yùndòng le?
But you haven't lost any weight at all! What exercise did you do?
Text 4
我们家的人都很瘦，吃不胖。
Wǒmen jiā de rén dōu hěn shòu, chī bú pàng.
Everyone in my family is very thin and can't gain weight.
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,840
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,115 of 84,292